Resilient Medvedev wins another three-setter to reach last 16 in Monte-Carlo
Daniil Medvedev beat Alexandre Muller 7-6 (6), 5-7, 6-2 on Wednesday evening and will face Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 8 seed, in the next round
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Russian Daniil Medvedev showed his reslience yet again as he won a second consecutive three-setter to reach the last 16 of the Monte-Carlo Masters on Wednesday.
The No 9 seed, who needed two hours, 51 minutes to beat Karen Khachanov in round one, took just seven minutes less to get past Frenchman Alexandre Muller 7-6 (6), 5-7, 6-2.
Medvedev, ranked No 11, will play Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 8 seed, next.
Ahead of his victory, the Russian edged out Karen Khachanov (7-5, 4-6, 6-4).
Muller, ranked No 39, won against Argentinian qualifier Camilo Ugo Carabelli (6-4, 6-4) in the previous round of the Monte-Carlo tournament.
Monte-Carlo Masters 1000, other second-round results (Monte-Carlo Country Club, clay, EUR 6.128.940, most recent results first):
- Grigor Dimitrov (15) beat Valentin Vacherot (WC): 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Alexei Popyrin beat Frances Tiafoe (14): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Alejandro Tabilo beat Novak Djokovic (3): 6-3, 6-4
- Casper Ruud (4) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-2, 6-1
- Alex De Minaur beat Tomas Machac: 3-6, 6-0, 6-3
- Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Francisco Cerundolo: 3-6, 6-0, 6-1
- Andrey Rublev (7) beat Gael Monfils: 6-4, 7-6 (2)
- Arthur Fils (12) beat Flavio Cobolli: 6-2, 6-4
- Daniel Altmaier (Q) beat Richard Gasquet (WC): 7-5, 5-7, 6-2
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 7-6 (2), 6-3
- Nuno Borges beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-4
- Lorenzo Musetti (13) beat Jiri Lehecka: 1-6, 7-5, 6-2
- Jack Draper (5) beat Marcos Giron: 6-1, 6-1
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (6) beat Jordan Thompson: 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Matteo Berrettini beat Alexander Zverev (1): 2-6, 6-3, 7-5
